Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. I have told this to people for years and some people can’t understand how we’ve been able to keep this strategy going through this bull market cycle and I tell people?—?discipline
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2014
In case you didn’t know, many VCs target a 3-year investment horizon for a fund and after that the fund mostly does only follow-on investments in companies in that portfolio. In 2015 we go back to square one and start to build a brand new portfolio. That’s why the best firms tend to raise every three years. And daunting.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2015
And with the crash of Sept 2009 – March 2009 the market cleared out created an open field in which to invest, go slowly, learn and let companies mature before they felt the need to be “hyped.” ” I have been spending a lot more time with existing portfolio companies as they all are trying to “ level up.”
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 30, 2022
Bitcoin, created in 2009, was the first cryptocurrency. Diversify your portfolio. Cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography to secure its transactions and to control the creation of new units. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, meaning they are not subject to government or financial institution control.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. 2009 – Back to The Future The bad news is that since the bubble most VC firms haven’t made a profit. So what’s left?
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 28, 2010
kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Because kaChing prefers its portfolio managers to have a long track record, the marketplace launch (i.e., the version that would facilitate the investment of real money) was planned for late-2009.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 31, 2009
Venture portfolio companies don’t succeed because they used the Product Development model they succeeded in spite of using it. Reply Greg Boutin , on August 31, 2009 at 12:33 pm Said: A very interesting contribution, Steve. 3 , on August 31, 2009 at 12:48 pm Said: [.] Thank you for writing them.
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